Dutch Musician Tracing Piano Napoleon Gave to Iranian King

“We have heard about a piano that Napoleon presented to an Iranian king in 1806,” Frerichs said, “We are on track to find this piano. Perhaps it is kept at a museum or somewhere else. If you know where it is, please tell us! We are eager to perform with it,” he added. The piano was the first of its kind known to have arrived in Iran. According to the Encyclopaedia Iranica, it was a gift from Napoleon to the Qajar king Fath’Ali Shah. The piano was a small 5-octave instrument and must have been hopelessly out of tune by the time of its arrival in Tehran. It is unlikely that it was ever put to any use. No one knows about the fate of the instrument. (via)]]>